SASKATOON – A 32-year-old Redvers man has been charged with pretending to be a police officer and criminal harassment in two separate incidents.
Travis Patron is charged with two counts of impersonating a peace officer, criminal harassment, and two counts of failing to comply with court ordered conditions. He appeared in Saskatoon court Thursday. He was remanded in custody and is scheduled to appear again on Aug. 9 for a show cause hearing.
Saskatoon police say they were called to a hotel in the 600 block of Spadina Cres. at about 8:50 a.m. on July 29 following a disturbance involving a man impersonating a peace officer.
When police arrived, they learned that a man had approached a woman and her child, identified himself as police, and accused her of abduction. The woman went into the hotel with her child to get help and the man followed her inside causing a disturbance. Bystanders intervened and the man fled on foot.
A few days later, at about 2 p.m. on Aug. 1, in the 70 block of Campus Drive, a man approached a woman, identified himself as a peace officer and offered to escort her through the area. The woman declined and the man left.
Through video evidence and their investigation, police were able to identify the man and confirmed he was responsible for both incidents. Police went to an address in the 200 block of 5th Ave. North on Aug. 2 and arrested the man without incident.
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